Chain post



April 16, 1935. Q T G. w. NEWMAN CHAIN POST Filed April 14 1954 Zizuafitow ,G/QOWQWA/VQZUW M Patented Apr. 16, 1935 7 1 997 886 CHAIN rosrrf' George W. Newman, St. Louis, Mo}, cssignoi'to Loose Leaf Metals Company, a corporation of 7 Missouri;

'A p1ic ii niipriiji4,issgse iai No. 12 0.505 I i Claims. (01. 59-78) 1 The invention relates to chains especially adaptsemi ball and socket joints, the contacting faces ed for use as posts in loose leaf binders. of which are always in engagement, thereby The principal object of the invention is to proleaving no crack or opening for the entrance vide a chain for this service which will not perof the edges of the bound sheets. 5 mit the sheets carried by the binder to enter its In the form of construction illustrated in Figs. 5

joints. 3 and 4, the semi ball and socket joint is present, A further object of the invention is to provide the links, how being of the m ise a d tenOn a chain which will be sturdy and durable. type. Each link is in the form of an oblong The invention resides in the form of the links block it, pr f rably of circular section, from one of which the chain is made, and will be best end of which proj s e tenoll the pp 10 understood from the following description. end of the bleek being provided With a p In the accompanying drawing illustrating two mentary socket 2% for receiving the tenon of the embodiments of the invention, which, however, is edjD n l T Slotted end of the link is capable of being made up in other formsrounded, as at 2 i, to a section of a sphere, through 15 Fig. l is a side elevation of a section of the imt faee which the Slot 2i! enters- The end 15 proved chain, one of the links being disconnected; f h n n e i r p n n ly round d to the Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the Section Of a p chain, one of the links being detached and shown The inner s of the S ots t a e rounded comin elevation; plementary to the rounded end of the tenon I9,

Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Figs. 1 d and at the base of the rounded portion of each 20.

2, respectively, showing a modified form of conend of the block there is formed a pintle aperstruction. ture, as

The chain is made up of a plurality of links, As the links are assembled: into a chain the each of which takes the form of an oblong block ienon of each enters the Slot t in the next ie- 25 having t ends configured to pivotally engage cent link, their apertures 22 registering to receive 25 Similar blocks. the pintle 23. lhe margin of the recesses flank- In the fem f onstruction hown in Figs 1 ing tenon' are at One Substantially in and 2, each link is in the general form of an line with the pintle aperture, receding therefrom long block 3 of circular section, having to the opposite end, as shown at 28, thereby prehalf of each end portion removed, leaving a pro- Venting ma flexul'e of the chain in one 30 jection H, the end of which is rounded, as shown I'eetion While permitting it in the otherat 2 to form a quarter of a spherical surface The spherical form of the slotted end of the At the base of this section, and approximately on block and 0f the end of the tehoh, and the a diameter of the sphere, the block is transplernentary form oi the socketswhi h receive versely pierced to form a pintle aperture l3, the these elements, insure a closed marginal joint 35 axis of which is normal to the flat face ofthe which will not permit the entrance of the bound Sphere SeOt'iOII- Profiting thisifeee the ody of sheets. The parts fit together so snugly that the 101001? recessed, as Indicatedat M, the the chain is sturdy and substantially rigid when recess being in part complementary to the sphere extended 40 section |2 The margin of th1s recess is sub- 1 claim as my t iflarreltlfilyalldllgzglltilhglepigi orfeglgg i gfaigz l'g 1. A hinge link in the form of an oblong block I to the end of the block, as indicated at It, the f i pomptementary m part surface of the recess merging into the section of end poltmn-b-emg rounded sectlon of v a sphere and comprising less than half of a sphere,

45 a cylinderth b d th b1 k t th b The two ends of the link are alike, except that e y e a 6 5 Of Such rounded portion being recessed to receive the correspondthe described features are on opposite sides of its longitudinal axis. The adjacent links fit tomgly rounded end of snmlar lmk, the link gether, as shown in Fig. 2, and ar united by having pintle apertures at the base of its rounded means of pintles, as H. The depressed portion of Portions 50 the margin [6 of the recess [4 permits the chain A chain link cylindrical in general Contour to flex in that direction, while the elevated porand hav n mpl m n a y en s. each end havtion l5 of the rim of this recess prevents mateing the form of tWO quadrants o a Common rial flexure of the chain in the opposite direction, sphere, one being in relief and one in intaglio,

5 The links thus formed are united by a pair of and apivot aperture diametrical as to both quadrants, the rim of the recessed quadrant receding toward one of the ends of such rim.

3. A chain link cylindrical in form and having complementary ends, each end comprising a tenon, the face of which has theform of a segment of a sphere, and a recess of corresponding shape and size, and a pivot aperture normal to the side face of the tenon.

4. A chain link in the form of an oblong block having complementary ends, one end of the block being in the form of a section of a sphere and centrally slotted, the bottom of the slot being curved concentrically with the rounded endportion, the other end of the block comprising a tenon adapted to fit within the slotted end of an adjacent link of like form, and concave shoulders for receiving the rounded end portion of the slotted end of an adjacent link of like form, both ends of the link having an aperture for a pivot pin, such apertures being on diameters of the sphere of which such rounded faces are sections and normal to the side faces, respectively, of the named tenon and slot.

5. A chain composed of links, each link being in the form of an oblong block having complementary ends, one end of the block being in the form of a section of a sphere and being centrally slotted, the bottom of the slot being curved concentrically with the rounded end portion, the other end of the block comprising a, tenon adapted to fit within the slotted end of an adjacent link of, like form and having concave shoulders for receiving the rounded portions of the slotted end of an adjacent link of like form, both ends of each link having an aperture for a pivot, such apertures being on diameters of the sphere of which such rounded portions are sections and normal to the side faces, respectively, of the named tenon and slot, and means for preventing fiexure of adjacent links in one direction.

GEO. W. NEWMAN. 

